- Northampton 6-30 Saracens
- Saracens tighten grip on Premiership second spot
“Same old Sarries, always cheating,” came the chant from a Northampton supporter in the crowd. It is unclear whether he was moaning about the legality of some of their defensive work or perhaps making reference to how their salary cap scandal has been referenced a lot of late but he got one thing spot-on. This was without question the same old Saracens.
The Northampton director of rugby, Chris Boyd, bristled at the idea that a win such as this for Saracens was inevitable when Northampton found themselves camped in their opponents’ 22 for large spells of the first half, only to go in at the interval at 6-6. We have seen it so many times before, however, that there was little surprising about the manner in which Saracens weathered the storm and with Alex Lozowski finishing with 20 points, pulled clear.
